Wire-fencing machine.



WIRE FENCING MACHINE.

(Application led Nov. 13, 1899.)

' (Nq Model.)

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Nn.. 653,339. Patented Iuly lo, |900:

w. EDENBURN,

WIRE FENCING MAGHINE.

(Application fld Nov. 13, 1899.)

(No Mndel.) 2 sheets-sheet 2.

after they are cut off and to means for hold NITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQVILLIAM EDENBORN,- OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-FENCING MACHINE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.653,339, dated July 10, 1900. Application led November 13, 1899'. SerialNo. 7361762. (No model.)

To all whom t mayoral/warn,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAMEDENBORN, a citizen of the UnitedStatemresiding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-FenceMachines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My present invention relates to that class of machines that are employedfor making a` continuous web of fencing consisting of 1on-` gitudinalor4 strand wires tied* together by transverse orstay wires.

My present invention consists in featuresv of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims. i

Figure I is a detail view, part in front eleration and part in section,taken on line I I, Fig. III. Fig. II is a detail top view. Fig. III is adetail vertical section taken on line III III, Fig. II. Fig. IV is adetail front viewl showing part of the twisting-heads or spindles andpart of the stay-wire holders. Fig. V is a top View of same. Fig. VI isa perspective view showing a fragment ofthe fencing that my machine isdesigned tov make.

For a detail description of the general character of machines to whichmy present invention relates, reference may be had to my Patents No.558,787, dated April 21, 1896, andy No. 565,380, dated August 4, 1896.

This invention has reference to a means for holding and moving thestay-wiresections ing these sections against the `ends of thecoiling-spindles, so that the coiling-fingers will not fail to engagethem.

1 represents part of the bed-plate of the machine, from which rises astandard or frame 2, thatsupports the parts. 3 are the spindles, throughwhich the strand or longitudinal wires (indicated by dotted lines A) arefed. There is a spindle for each strand-wire, and in practice they arepreferably arranged in a vertical series, Each spindle is pIOVided witha ceiling-finger 11, as Iin the,v patents Vreferred to. As the manner ofmounting and turning these spindles forms no partA of my presentinvention, no description of such parts is here necessary. It maybe doneas in the patents referred to or otherwise.

The 'transverse or stay wires are indicated by dotted lines B. They arefed forward intermittently by suitableI mechanism, as by rollers 5 andcams 6, (see Figs. I and III,) and they may be held from retrogrademovement by spring-dogs 7. These wires are fed through i suitable knivesor cutters 8,' which form no part of mypresent invention, and which maybe constructed, arranged, and operated in any of the well-known Ways.

I will now describe the parts to which my invention does relate.

. `Between the` spindles 3 are disks or heads 10, mounted in the frame11, to which the spindles are also journaled. These heads or disks areprovided with grooves 12, (preferably made in removable face-pieces,)one Wall of the groove of each head being preferably undercut, as shownin Fig. V, and to the other wall is secured a flat spring 13. There is adisk 10 for each stay-wire, and the disks'are capable of being turned aquarter'of'a revolution or thereabout, so as to be moved to bring thegrooves in line with the direction of feed of the stay-wires and fromthis position to one at substantially right angles thereto, or from theposition shown at the right of Fig. IV to the position shown at the leftof Fig. IV. As a means for thus moving the disks I have shown themprovided with arms 14, having aslotfand-pin connection with a bar 15,connected to' one end of a pivoted lever 16, the other endofwhichengages a cam 17 on a" shaft 18. As the shaft revolvesthe disksare rocked back and forth from a position which brings their grooves inline with the direction of feed of the stay-wires to a positionindicated at the left of Fig. IV. They are in the former position at thetime that their; respective stay- Wires are fed` forward, so that thewires enterthegrooves in the disks. Y The parts of the machine are sodisposed that after the wires arefed into the disks the cutter of themachine severs the Wires and the sections thuslcut ofi' are now held bythe disks, and as the latter are turned from the position shown at theright of Fig. IV to the position shown at the left of Fig. IV thesections of wires are carried soas to IOO a mechanism as is found in myPatent No.

558,787, referred to, or any other suitable form of mechanism for thispurpose may be used. As the fencing is thus moved forward, the sectionsof stay-wires are drawn away from the disks 10, which release them, thespring 13 yielding sufficiently for this purpose.

When

the sections are drawn away from the disks, n. -the'latter are rockedback again to bring thel grooves in line with the direction of feed ofthe staywires,and upon the'stay-wires being@ fed forward again theyenter the grooves, as explained, and the operation of cutting the:

j"sections off land 'turning the disks to bring." 'the end-s of thesections of the stay-wires in i position tobe coiled about thestrandlwires is repeated, the parts being automatic in their i `actionthroughout.

As the wire comes from the reels it is 'n'ot .perfectly'straigh but hasa set or curve in it, andfthis'set, when the curve directs the@ endsfofthe Wires in a direction away from,`

the -spindles,'sometimes causes the coi1ing- Iingers'to fail to takeagood hold on theends of 4the wires, and to overcome 'this to a measure,at least, I set the disks 10 slightly back, `from the-extreme outerfaces of thespindles,l

:as shown in Fig. V, so that as the disks re-` jvo'lvfe 'to bring theends of thewires 'against f1 thejsli'ghtlyrconicalends of the spindlesthe" tendency Will beto straighten the sections of -wiresgand to "still'further guard against dan- -ger of l't'he fingers missing 'the ends ofthe Y lwiresI provide forks 20, (see Fig. 1,) that are f secured toahead 21.

The head is lheld in? vcircular inclined `slots 22, formed in extendL'sio`n`s`23 of the frame 1l. (See Fig. III.) The yhead isf connected ateach lend by YVa rod 24`toiy a l:lever 25, .pivotedat 2G, and the otherend 'of `-which is engaged vby a cam 27 on a shaft -j F28. `lAsthelsections ofstaywires are brought i -`bythedisk in'to position to becoiled abouti :the'strand-wires, as explained, the 'cams 1275 ing theends of the forks 20-against the 'sec `ticux'nsfofstay#wires'andpressing the 'ends of fthe sections 'inwardly against 'the ends ofthespindle-syso that ythe coiling-fingers will take a firm hold ofthe endsofthe stay-sections.

*Alfterthe lingers 'have started to twist the y[stay-"wires the `cams`27 leave 'the levers 25 vand the head 2l is then raised by the springs,

one vof Which'fis shown at 30, Fig. .-III, to its; upperposition'tocarry the forks 2O out of Contact with thestay-wires, so 'that the fenc-Y, ing lmay :be moved forward, asstated. By?

the use of these forks any set or curvein the stesse sections ofstay-wires is taken out and the ends of the stay-wires arepressedinwardly, so that the ceiling-fingers securely engage them.

While only one of the extensions 23, with its slot 22, and only one ofthe rods 24, levers '25, and 'cams'27 are shown in the drawings,

yet it will be readily understood how these parts are duplicated at theother end of the machine.

VI claim as my invention- 1. yIn a wire-fence machine, means for coilingthe sections of stay-wires around the strand-wires, in 'combination withmeans for holding said sections after they are cut off and by which thesections are turned to brin-g them against their respectivestrand-wires, substantially "asset forth.

`2. In a wire-fence machine, means-*for'coiling the sections ofVstay-wires around vthe strand-wires, in combination with means forholding saidse'ctions after they fare cut off and by which eachsectio'nis turned to bring one of its ends beneath one 'of `its :strandwires andits other end over its other strand wire, substantially as set forth.

3. In a wire-fence machine, means forcoil- 1 ing the sections ofstay-wires around the strand-wires, in combination with disks or headsadapted to receive the staylwire's 'and hold the sections after theyfare "cut olf, and means for turning saiddisks or headstobring saidsections against their respective strand wires, 'substantially as s'etforth.

t. In a wire-fence machine, Vmeans'for coil ing the "sections ofstaywir'es around'the strand-wires, in combination with headsy 'or disks:provided with groo'ved faces to Areceive the stay-wires, and means forturning fsaid disks or heads after the stay-wiresar'e cut-eff, to bringthe-sections againsttheir respective strand-wires, vsubstantially 'asset forth.

5. In a wire-fence machine, meansforcoiling the "sections of stay-*wiresaround the strand-wires, in combination with disks 'or heads locatedbetween said ceiling means, and means for turning the disks or heads;each disk or'h'ead being provided withagroove and a spring located inthe "groove, fsu'bstantiall'y as fset forth.

'6. In a wire-fen`ce machine, means f'for'coi1 4ing the sections of`stay -wires `around Nfthe 'strand-wires, in combination with'disks "orheads located between rsaid coiling means,

fand means for turning the disks 'or heads;

each disk or head having a groove, one wall of which is undercutandtothe Vother wall of which a spring is secured, substantially as setforth.

7. In a wire-"fence machine, the lcombination of spindles provided withcoiling-fingers, disks or `heads located between the spindles and whichfare adapted to receive 'and hold theisections of stay-wires,and1neans'for-turn1 ing the disks or Vheads to `bring said As'ecticns4against their respective st1-and'wires, substantially as set forth.

IOO

8. In a Wire-fence machine, spindles provided With fingers for coilingthe stay-Wires around the strand-Wires, in combination With disksadapted to receive and hold the sections of stay Wires, and means forturning the disks; said disks being set slightly back of the front endsof said spindles, substantially as set forth.

9. In a Wire-fence machine, means for coiling the sections of stay Wiresaround the strand-Wires, in combination with means for `holding saidsections after they are cut off,

and for turning the sections to bring them against their respectivestrand-Wires, and means for straightening said sections, substantiallyas setforth.

l0. In a Wire-fence machine, spindles provided with fingers for coilingthe sections of staywires around the strand-wires, in combination withmeans for carrying said sections against their respective strand-wires,a

WILLIAM EDENBORN.

In presence of- J. E. COLE, B. G. AYERs

